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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT 45 operate, control and use any and all works, facilities and means necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; also to acquire, construct or operate, control and use any and all works, facilities and means necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers, both within and without and within or without the district and within and without the state, and to do and perform any and all things necessary or convenient to the full exercise of the powers herein granted. Power of Eminent Domain It is vested with the power of eminent domain. May Utilize Public Property It may construct and maintain works and establish and maintain facilities across or along any public street or highway and in, upon or over any vacant public lands which public lands are now, or may become, the property of the State of Utah, and it may construct works and establish and maintain facilities across any stream of water or water course. May Borrow Money It may borrow money and incur indebtedness not to exceed 10 per cent of the value of the taxable property within the District. Power of Taxation It may levy and collect taxes for the purposes of carrying on the operations and paying the obligations of the district, without limitations so far as necessary to the payment of an obligation due the United States, but otherwise not in excess of twenty- five cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed valuation. May Employ Assistance It may enter into contracts, employ and retain personal services and employ laborers; create, establish and maintain such offices and positions as shall be necessary and convenient for the transaction of its business. Join With Others It may join with one or more other corporations public or private for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers, and for that purpose it may contract with another corporation or corporations for the purpose of financing acquisitions, constructions and operations, and obligate itself severally or jointly wTith them. Broad Poivers It is expressly authorized to acquire water and water rights within or without the state; to develop, store and transport water; to subscribe for, purchase and acquire stock in canal companies, water companies and water users associations; to provide, sell, lease and deliver water for municipal and domestic purposes, irrigation, power, milling, manufacturing, mining, metallurgical and any and all other beneficial uses; to fix the rates therefor, and to acquire, construct, operate and maintain any and all works, facilities, improvements and property necessary or convenient therefor. Field of Primary Interest An important provision of the law is that in the sale, leasing and delivery |